J Query Love

The day before Good Friday is called “Maundy Thursday.” It is the day of Christ’s great mandate. That day, after He had washed His disciples’ feet, He said, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another” (Jn. 13:34)

If I were to ask you who you loved, I am sure you would answer with not just one, but several someones. I wonder, would any of those names be the name of an enemy?

It is easy to love those who love you and are nice to you, but what about those who aren’t nice?

In the days of the American Revolutionary War there lived at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, a Baptist pastor by the name of Peter Miller who enjoyed the friendship of General Washington. There also lived in that town a man named Michael Wittman, an evil-minded man who did all in his power to abuse and oppose this pastor. One day Michael Wittman was involved in treason and was arrested and sentenced to death. The old preacher started out on foot and walked the whole seventy miles to Philadelphia. He was admitted into Washington’s presence and begged for the life of the traitor. Washington said, “No, Peter, I cannot grant you the life of your friend.” The preacher exclaimed, “My friend! No! He is the bitterest enemy I have!” Washington exclaimed, “What? You’ve walked seventy miles to save the life of an enemy? That puts the matter in a different light! I will grant the pardon.” Peter Miller took Michael Wittman from the very shadow of death back to his own home in Ephrata, no longer as an enemy, but as a friend.  Read more... (1090 words, estimated 4:22 mins reading time)

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REVISED AND WITH A NEW FOREWORDARE YOU GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT?Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships. The 20th anniversary edition contains extensive revisions to this groundbreaking book, with a new chapter, new exercises, and a foreword detailing Dr. Hendrix’s updated philosophy for eliminating all negativity from couples’ daily interactions, … More >>

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition

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Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs

There are so many lies and misunderstandings about love that it is long past time to set the record straight. It is critical for us to separate lies from truth about love because we human beings and everything else that exists in the universe are created out of love. 

Lie No. 1: The opposite of love is hatred.

Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of love is judgment. This is like matter and anti-matter: love and judgment cannot co-exist at the same point in time, space, or any other dimension. Where there is judgment, there is diminished or no love at all. Whenever and however we judge someone or something, we are not loving unconditionally that person or something.

Think about this. More importantly, feel with it. Love feels great. Do we not crave love and bask in its glow? Yet the one thing most of us fear and loathe more than anything else is the mere possibility of being judged in some manner.

Judgment terrifies us so much that we will keep silent rather than be judged for speaking out.  We refuse to take risks and pass up opportunities for fear of somehow failing (another judgment).Wallowing in our pits of ambivalence, we avoid intimacy out of our fear of being judged by another person.

We dare not even think about our fear of being judged by God. 

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